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so sick of hearing....
| Mon, 08-06-2007 - 1:34pm |
hello everyone!! i just read the cnn article on how burnt out and guilty the working mom is...and how hard it is to incorparate "quality" time...and all i can say is WILL YOU COME OFF IT PLEASE!! i work-40 hours a week; sometimes 6 days a week to get all my hours...and i have 2 children-7 and 3...and you know what-every day during the school year, i walk my dd to school...i volunteer at my dds school-in her classroom and on field trips-i have the last 2 years and plan to do more of the same this coming year...i keep the house clean-do the dishes and laundry, go grocery shopping, etc. and you know what-neither of my kids feel slighted. we just took a week long vacation where we went to an amusement park and then to visit my sil for a few days...they have a lil shallow pool-and i go "swimming" with them often-usually before i go off to the adult world of work...we go on shopping trips with my mom and visit a cousin who has a huge pool and the adults play cards outside on the deck when the kids swim...we play games, we take walks, we go to parks...it just boggles my mind. yes i get tired-and yes there are days i wish i didnt have to go in to work...but then theres days that i cant wait until i go in-some women are meant to stay at home and theyre happy doing it...and some women are meant to work outside the home-i need that adult stimulation-i need my friends and my friends are all behind that deli counter with me...again i dont feel my kids are slighted in the least-my own mom was a stay at homer and she didnt volunteer at school and we never took the kinds of trips and outings my kids are lucky enough to have on a regular basis...i dont feel guilty when im at work-i dont think being a working mom hurts my kids...im getting sick and tired of hearing how unhappy working moms are, or how guilty i should feel cuz im not with my kids 24/7...maybe im the exception...or maybe the media focuses too much on the exceptions and a lot of working mommies feel like me...??? take care!!
joanne
maman2goons@yahoo.com
joanne
maman2goons@yahoo.com

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PumpkinAngel
OMG. If you Googled that, I can only imagine how diligently Moon Pie is working away at this very moment to find something to refute my interpretation of Title VII. On the federal taxpayer dime, no less. Ugghhh.
No, Sild, it was not "Legal" to discriminate against women. In the United States, we have a wonderful document called the Constitution. If it's not Google-able maybe you can take a peak at the Civil Rights Act of 1871, if you're interested. Yes, 1871!
And I maintain that Moon Pie's didactic effort to go off on a tangent about Title VII, while admirable, was wasted because Title VII has nothing to do with my OP.
But by all means, keep 'em coming, lol!
sure people stayed together for the sake of the children, the only problem with that is that is was the children who suffered because of it. ever heard the saying it is better to be from a broken home than to live in a broke home - and i f a couple are staying together just for the kids that home is broken.
and yes, families are much more child centered/focused than they have ever been before.
It is not a difficult question, it is an irrelevant question.
You need not have explained, it is obvious that you do not know anything about either kind of special need. However, given your lack of interest in the subject, it is lucky that your kids have not had to face this challenge.
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Ummm, he'd look for another job? It's really quite simple.
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Again, really quite simple. He stops participating in the sport. It may be that he has to stick it out, for reasons imposed by his parents possibly, for the remainder of the season/session, but it is very easy and possible to just. quit. doing. the. sport.
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I don't know about you .. but I WANT my kids to look outside their own little world. In fact, I want them to not HAVE a "own little world". I want them to have a great big world.
that's a stretch but let me present a scenario: your child is gt. she is given the opportunity to mentor a struggling child at her school who isn't doing so well. while she is expected to maintain 6/8 core classes,she's able to pick and chose two classes of her own like. you continue to maintain communication and commaraderie with her teachers and she is recognized for her super achievements. would you still consider the public schools so wrong? there are only so many contract hours in a school day for teachers to teach. and so much more interest outside those seven hours a day children have the opportunity to excel in as well.......so yea,i have a problem with calling a part of a school's enrollment neglected. they're just not.
i think parents/families send the wrong message when we yank our children out for reasons that lay blame on the schools and call systems dumbing down.
Who? No one in particular.
Why? Because you mentioned Special Ed and it not being stigmatized.
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